Happy 2009

The Starnes family was the first of their family and friends to ring in the new year being 14 hours ahead of eastern standard time. We had friends over for a game night. The kids enjoyed playing games together while the adults played games too. Midnight came quickly and we had our own countdown. We celebrated the new year with confetti poppers, horns and great food. The girls and I called daddy also so we could share the new year together. We called it a night around 3 am.

The next day we had a little celebration watching the ball drop in Times Square on tv (it was already 2 pm our time). Later that night, we went on base to see "Tops in Blue" perform. They are the Air Force's singing and dancing group. They are chosen out of many to take one year away from their job and perform shows at all the bases around the world. This year they sang all the songs the girls knew. Their faces were lit (especially Maya) through the whole show and sang along. It was a lot of fun.

The girls are working at getting back on a schedule reluctantly. That means 9 pm bedtimes and 5 am wake-ups (Jas has to meet the bus at 6 am) :( They start back to school on Monday the 5th. They are happy that January is here though because they know daddy comes home at the end of this month! We have left the Christmas decorations up so we can have a small Christmas with Charlie once he makes it home. The girls are excited about that!

We hope that everyone is enjoying the new year. We hope that it brings good times, prosperity and good health to all. Happy 2009!